PLATINUM SPONSORS
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The Temptations Review featuring DENNIS EDWARDS
July 12
Great Waters Chorus/Orchestra Concert
July 19
7th Annual FOLK Festival
July 25 - July 27
The Capitol Steps
August 2
The Celtic Tenors
August 8
Winnipesaukee SummerSing
August 9
$10,000 Grand Auction & Raffle
August 14
Rita Coolidge
August 16
Orchestra Pops
August 23
The Blind Boys of Alabama
August 29
Corporate Event
Looking for a location for your corporate event, then contact us at info@greatwaters.org to learn more.
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Donate
Your
donation can be made in a number of different ways: stock gift, personal
property, collectibles, or by check. Don't
forget, giving appreciated stock instead of selling it may save you 15% in
capital-gains tax. Also, you receive a deduction for either donating the stock
or cash.
We are a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. Send your
check to us at P.O. Box 488
Wolfeboro, NH 03894 or contact us at info@greatwaters.org.
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Message From Our Chair Heather Ashton
We are proud to be entering our
fourteenth season offering a great line-up of performers including The
Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Rita Coolidge, the Capitol Steps,
and much more.
As in past years, a big thank you goes to our sponsors,
donors, advertisers, staff, Board members, Brewster Academy
and our volunteers. Without the help of all these groups we would be unable to
bring quality programs to our stage.
We invite you all to come this summer and sit under our
magical acoustic pavilion, enjoy the sun setting on the lake and listen to some
great music with friends or family.
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Scholarships - Deadline May 1st
Supporting education in the arts has long been one
of the major goals and activities of your Festival.
Offering scholarships is another opportunity for us to
promote music and music education in the Lakes Region.
"Th e
Great Waters Scholarship Program was established in 2004 to provide
financial assistance as well as the opportunity to participate in
choral workshops and sing with a professional chorus and orchestra,"
says Great Waters Music Festival Board Member and Education Chair, Kim
Hunter. "In 2007 we awarded scholarships to nine local youths
in the areas of vocal and violin performance, music management and
music therapy studies."
Scholarship applications are accepted between
January and May 1 each year from New Hampshire Lakes Region residents.
The Festival offers two types of scholarships.
 Click here to download the 2008 Music Education application
form.
Click here to download the 2008 Festival Chorus application form
High
school, college or graduate students with an interest in pursuing a
career in some facet of music education or performance qualify to apply
for financial assistance. Financial assistance scholarship recipients
are announced in June and honored at one of our concerts.
Scholarships
are also available for students of any age to participate in the annual
summer Masterworks Festival Chorus. Recipients attend choral and vocal
workshops and rehearse with 100 other selected Eastern Seaboard singers
and a professional orchestra in preparation for the annual Great Waters Orchestra Concert on July 19th.
$1 per ticket goes towards the Education Fund.
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Love Songs, Choruses and Folk Ballads
You won't want to miss the annual Festival
Chorus and Orchestra Concert on Saturday, July 19th. One hundred voices along with internationally
acclaimed soloists Jayne West and Thomas Jones will present familiar musical
treasures that have lived in the hearts of music lovers throughout the ages.
Under the baton of our Great Waters founder Gerald Mack, the chorus and
orchestra will perform favorites by Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern, Leonard
Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Giacomo Puccini and more.
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Come Out And Sing
If
you love to sing, the Thirteenth Annual Winnipesaukee SummerSing is for
you. We will again welcome singers from all over New England to read
through these magnificent works under the direction of Andy Campbell and Dr. Gerald R. Mack.
Since You Are The Chorus it will be a wonderful experience of music making and fellowship. Bring your own scores or we will lend you them. This event will be held on Saturday, August 9th - 2:30 to 5:30 PM at Estrabrook Hall, Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, NH.
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|  Look Who's Coming to Great Waters!
Peter Mansfield, the acclaimed conductor and multitalented
musician who has a long-standing relationship with the Boston Pops will conduct
the Great Waters Orchestra Pops on August 23rd. This Best of Broadway, Jazz and
Hollywood
program will include tributes to Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Fred Astaire, Gene
Kelly and Bob Fosse as well as music by John Williams, Andrew Lloyd Webber and
John Phillip Sousa. Maestro Mansfield has been the pops; music conductor for
the Kansan City Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera
House Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra. ►ORDER TICKETS |
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Special Opportunities Available Would you like to help with our choral events, set up our
performance pavilion or manage our Music Store. We have tasks for young and
old, seasoned veterans and newcomers. All of our regular volunteer tasks are
currently available including site set, parking, ushering box office, and
security just to name a few.
Plus! Volunteers who sign up sooner have a better
chance of getting their first choice of tasks and dates. We would love to have
you join us! The volunteer sign-up form is available online at greatwaters.org or you may call (603)
569-7710 for additional information.
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Ticket Savings and Discounts
We have a number of different options for you to consider.
Learn more about our tickets and discounts for the
following:
- Season tickets and you could save up to
20%
- Order a FOLK Festival pass for this 3-day event
- Order the 3-Ticket Deal for 3 shows of your
choosing
- Order the Showtime Pass
- Group Discount - 10% off ten individual tickets purchased at the same time
- Youth Discount -
12 & younger $5 off any regular priced ticket
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| Annual Songwriting Contest
Have your songs heard by a panel of professional songwriters and other
music professionals from the FOLK music community! Panel includes
professional songwriters, broadcast and print professionals, and other
music industry people.
 Deadline for entries is June 15, 2008. Learn more about entry eligibility and prize information by clicking here or by entering on line through Sonicbids.
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Donate Items For Auction August 8th
 August 8th is our $10,000 Grand Auction and Raffle fundraiser. If you, your company or employer have an item to donate for this fundraiser, we would love to hear from you. Help us make this fundraiser the best ever in our history. Sporting tickets, services, electronic products, artwork, jewelry, golf, lodging, spa, etc. are needed for this important event.
Email us at info@greatwaters.org.
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Order A Music Gift Certificate
Give a gift certificate
to someone special. You can give one as a birthday, anniversary, or as
thank-you gift. Walking to our
pavilion and listening to a concert on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee
is a GREAT way to enjoy music.
Call us at (603)
569-7710 or email us at info@greatwaters.org
to place your order.
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